Oh Paula, it's the worst! My first one was horrible to train. The second child was easy peasy. But let me share my trick with the first...when he turned 3 1/2 on November 1, less than 2 months before Christmas, I told him that if he was still wearing diapers at Christmas that Santa would only bring him diapers and wipes and Mommy would get all of the toys as a reward for changing dirty diapers for 3 1/2 years. He was completely potty trained (not even wearing pull ups to bed) by Thanksgiving! And never really had an accident. So perhaps if you have an upcoming gift-giving event, maybe you can try this method! Good luck to you , my friend!

Omgosh Shelbee that worked out perfect for you, and I love that idea! Unfortunately there are no gift-giving events, but I have to say since I wrote this post things have improved rather quickly and (knock on wood) believe we are all set! And I thank the heavens that this is the LAST one I will have to train!!!

Wow you have six! That certainly was a lot of training. My daughter has been actually doing pretty well since I typed this post. For awhile there I didn't know how I was going to survive. Thanks for stopping by and linking up :)

My kids are long gone but I do remember those potty training days. I remember also that I was thankful that I trained my oldest in the Summer and that we lived far out on a lake so she could run around almost naked and I could catch her quickly to rush her inside to use the potty. NOW, I have a pup I'm working with. She is mostly trained but, again, I'm glad it's Summer so it isn't unpleasant to take her outside and spend time encouraging her to go!Thanks for the party friend,Patti

I agree that it's so much easier in the summer. I actually ended up just putting her in underwear and brought her outside all day to play. She ended up loving the underwear and has since caught on pretty fast and today she's doing awesome. After this though I would prefer never to train anyone again...even a dog lol. Thanks so much for the comment and for linking up :)

My heart goes out to you on the potty training wars. My daughter-in-law is about to embark on that with my 3 year old grandson, and I don't envy her a bit. And even worse: I have no words of wisdom other than just to persevere! It's just a hard and trying process, but it does work out -- eventually!

Michele it was awful! I hope that your daughter-in-law has a better time than I did. I have to say that no treat or reward I was going to offer my child worked. I finally just broke down and said she was done with diapers and stuck on underwear. I had read about that being a good way to go with a stubborn child, but didn't want the mess. Luckily it worked so well there haven't been any messes. Thanks for linking up..have a great weekend :)

OH I remember those days. My spirited child trained himself quickly; thankfully! Based on other battles we have had through the years I could see how that could have been so much worse. My youngest was my hardest to train mostly because, at the time, he just didn't care. Good luck!

Thank you! I guess you never really know what kind of child you have until potty training time lol. I knew mine was stubborn, but this really brought it out. Thanks for linking up! Have a great weekend :)